A small but interesting survey of 300 mobile phone users in Japan (via What Japan Thinks) has shown the results below, but could this be representative of the expected behavior on other parts of the world? Votes Percentage From a scanned QR…
The main issues or concerns with device repositories are 1) the time and resources required for maintaining the repository accurate and useful over time, and 2) fragmentation (a favorite topic in mobility). When developing a product, you either marry to a specific solution,…
Via Michael Yuan’s blog: Austin TX is the #3 best city for jobs in America. ceo
From Bruce Schneier on Steal This Wi-Fi: Security is always a trade-off. I know people who rarely lock their front door, who drive in the rain (and, while using a cellphone) and who talk to strangers. In my opinion, securing my wireless network…
Richard Humbach, Nokia Emerging Business Unit on Mobile payments and banking with NFC (4:51min) ceo
Little by little, contactless (NFC) awareness, in this case with respect to mobile payment, is happening, plus interesting information about consumer preferences with respect to this. Below is some information from a recent survey (end of 2007) by ABI Research on this topic:…
Posted below are the currently confirmed programming titles for the 2008 SXSW Interactive Festival, for Mobility: Bio-Networks: Using Mobile Technology to Impact Healthstyle (Kate Bauer) Getting Unstuck II: From Desktop to Device (Liz Danzico) How Many Clicks to the Center of…? (Conleth O’Connell)…
A very interesting read by Jeff Fedor titled CTO Handbook — How to care for and feed your CTO describes the various characteristics and personalities of CTOs. Jeff covers three types of CTOs: The Technical Founder – the person that wrote the code…
The first Carnival of the Mobilists of 2008 has been published at Paul Ruppert’s Mobile Point View blog. A great edition it is with lots of great of entries from mobility bloggers from around the world… Check it out! ceo
Just noticed that Hoot Gibson, the former astronaut who gave me my Silver Snoopy Award many years ago is now Chief Pilot at Benson Space Company, one of the new private space companies in the space race (space tourism). The photo below is…
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